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Hey guys. My GF's PC right now is still my old shitty Dell Pentium D I received like 10 years ago that I gave her and it is starting to die. It's incredibly slow and obnoxiously loud even when doing normal tasks like browsing imgur. I would like to build her something in the 300-400$ range so she can get rid of that flaming piece of garbage (that is due to break down any moment now). 

Now I must admit as much as I have researched and gathered knowledge on mid to high end I don't know shit about budget PC's no more. 

What could be a cheap CPU/MOBO combo that can moderately game (run small steam games and stuff)? I know a bit about the K Anniversary edition and Kaveri but I can't say I know much else. So please if you do have a good experience a very budget PC for a relative right now do share! 

here you are a nice build....faster ram will help the APU greatly as well as overclocking the APU also I got a SSD in the budget as well

 

[PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-5800K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($87.99 @ NCIX US)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($21.98 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A58M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Mac Mall)

Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($60.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($67.00 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon)

Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $412.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Hey guys. My GF's PC right now is still my old shitty Dell Pentium D I received like 10 years ago that I gave her and it is starting to die. It's incredibly slow and obnoxiously loud even when doing normal tasks like browsing imgur. I would like to build her something in the 300-400$ range so she can get rid of that flaming piece of garbage (that is due to break down any moment now). 

Now I must admit as much as I have researched and gathered knowledge on mid to high end I don't know shit about budget PC's no more. 

What could be a cheap CPU/MOBO combo that can moderately game (run small steam games and stuff)? I know a bit about the K Anniversary edition and Kaveri but I can't say I know much else. So please if you do have a good experience a very budget PC for a relative right now do share! 

Intel 4790 K - R9 295X2 - Gigabyte Z97-SLI - Corsair Vengeance Pro Black 1866 CAL9 - Corsair HX 1000 -Samsung 850 EVO SSD - Samsung HDD - H100I - Corsair C70 - G400 Logitech - Asus VS247H - WASD custom mechanical and QCKPAD! 

Staples of LTT: Getting an 4690 K will resurrect your lost family members, AMD = More heat thus AMD = Satan. 

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I would image looking at AMD's APU's would be your best bet.

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i am thinking of a AMD budget build

 

400 range might fit a 760K and R7 260X/265

 

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Hmm.. something like this?

 

 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($52.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team Elite 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($26.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $397.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Hey guys. My GF's PC right now is still my old shitty Dell Pentium D I received like 10 years ago that I gave her and it is starting to die. It's incredibly slow and obnoxiously loud even when doing normal tasks like browsing imgur. I would like to build her something in the 300-400$ range so she can get rid of that flaming piece of garbage (that is due to break down any moment now). 

Now I must admit as much as I have researched and gathered knowledge on mid to high end I don't know shit about budget PC's no more. 

What could be a cheap CPU/MOBO combo that can moderately game (run small steam games and stuff)? I know a bit about the K Anniversary edition and Kaveri but I can't say I know much else. So please if you do have a good experience a very budget PC for a relative right now do share! 

here you are a nice build....faster ram will help the APU greatly as well as overclocking the APU also I got a SSD in the budget as well

 

[PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-5800K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($87.99 @ NCIX US)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($21.98 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A58M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Mac Mall)

Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($60.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($67.00 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon)

Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $412.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X+ BTC ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($70.98 @ Newegg) 



Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  ($102.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Enermax ECA3212-BL ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $408.91

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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*stupid double post...

 

 

anyway i will say CPU+GPU wins the day 

 

APU are only good for 720P gaming aka Console quality

 

860K + 260X will be a good balance

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Allright> Il look at all of those but I would probably skip an SSD altogether. Thank you all very much. 

Dang at Dragoon 600 W seems overkill LMAO!

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Staples of LTT: Getting an 4690 K will resurrect your lost family members, AMD = More heat thus AMD = Satan. 

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Allright> Il look at all of those but I would probably skip an SSD altogether. Thank you all very much. 

Dang at Dragoon 600 W seems overkill LMAO!

overkill but was on sale :P

 

you can drop to 500 if that is cheaper

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Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X+ BTC ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($70.98 @ Newegg) 



Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  ($102.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Enermax ECA3212-BL ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $393.91

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-13 00:36 EDT-0400

 

dropped to the 500 model

 

now under 400 bucks :D

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Yeah looking at that I think ill mix both lists and go for an APU. Thanks guys. 

Intel 4790 K - R9 295X2 - Gigabyte Z97-SLI - Corsair Vengeance Pro Black 1866 CAL9 - Corsair HX 1000 -Samsung 850 EVO SSD - Samsung HDD - H100I - Corsair C70 - G400 Logitech - Asus VS247H - WASD custom mechanical and QCKPAD! 

Staples of LTT: Getting an 4690 K will resurrect your lost family members, AMD = More heat thus AMD = Satan. 

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Ultra cheap build

 

A10 5800k (with 384 sp on the igpu)

 

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2x 2GB (4GB total) 1600mhz ram (apus work better if we use all ram slots)  :ph34r:

 

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any HDD  :lol: (and linux Mint)

 

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any PSU 

and any case

and any motherboard  B)

CPU = A10 6800K (@4.3Ghz) / GPU = HD 8670D (@844mhz/ram@1866mhz) - 2016 ≠ Dual Cores - why learn Linux ? - OLD intel x4 cpu (Q6600) + amd HD 7950 - this is what i think on watts x dollar cost - CPU "bottlenecks" only start to show "at the super high end cards" (like the 390) if you have a 4 cores CPU

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Yeah looking at that I think ill mix both lists and go for an APU. Thanks guys. 

APU might cost more to run

 

and wont be as good as the 260X

 

note that the A10-7850K iGPU is similar to the R7 250 DDR3

 

260X is on GDDR5

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APU might cost more to run

 

and wont be as good as the 260X

 

note that the A10-7850K iGPU is similar to the R7 250 DDR3

 

260X is on GDDR5

Yeah I know but my girl doesnt play very demanding games. If she needs to she just takes my rig. 

Intel 4790 K - R9 295X2 - Gigabyte Z97-SLI - Corsair Vengeance Pro Black 1866 CAL9 - Corsair HX 1000 -Samsung 850 EVO SSD - Samsung HDD - H100I - Corsair C70 - G400 Logitech - Asus VS247H - WASD custom mechanical and QCKPAD! 

Staples of LTT: Getting an 4690 K will resurrect your lost family members, AMD = More heat thus AMD = Satan. 

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Yeah I know but my girl doesnt play very demanding games. If she needs to she just takes my rig. 

ok one sec let me edit my build to be APU based

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CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($139.99 @ NCIX US) 


Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X+ BTC ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($70.98 @ Newegg) 



Case: Enermax ECA3212-BL ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $398.91

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-13 01:03 EDT-0400

 

A10-7850K are the best APU you can get i mean it got 512 shaders cores vs 384 of the A10-5800k and A10-6800K

 

2400MHz are the best RAM for the iGPU to use for VRAM

 

and add the cooler to keep the APU cool coz the stock cooler just stinks

 

and A88X chipsets have heatsinked VRMs which will not throttle the APU on load

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CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($139.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X+ BTC ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($70.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Enermax ECA3212-BL ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $398.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-13 01:03 EDT-0400
 
A10-7850K are the best APU you can get i mean it got 512 shaders cores vs 384 of the A10-5800k and A10-6800K
 
2400MHz are the best RAM for the iGPU to use for VRAM
 
and add the cooler to keep the APU cool coz the stock cooler just stinks
 
and A88X chipsets have heatsinked VRMs which will not throttle the APU on load

 

But but... AMD won the stock cooler competition! 

Thanks man. Great help. Ill probably go with something similar. 

Intel 4790 K - R9 295X2 - Gigabyte Z97-SLI - Corsair Vengeance Pro Black 1866 CAL9 - Corsair HX 1000 -Samsung 850 EVO SSD - Samsung HDD - H100I - Corsair C70 - G400 Logitech - Asus VS247H - WASD custom mechanical and QCKPAD! 

Staples of LTT: Getting an 4690 K will resurrect your lost family members, AMD = More heat thus AMD = Satan. 

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But but... AMD won the stock cooler competition! 

Thanks man. Great help. Ill probably go with something similar. 

still the fan is freaking loud

 

the 212 Evo/Plus monster heatsink will bring the temps down to around 10-15 degrees from stock

 

the temps on stock cooler cause it to run up to 70-80 degrees on load

 

But the suggested temps for the APU is actually 60 degrees using air coolers

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But but... AMD won the stock cooler competition! 

Thanks man. Great help. Ill probably go with something similar. 

They did win for being the best at cooling, but noise levels were not mentioned, which is where I feel the amd stock cooler turns into a piece of garbage.

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They did win for being the best at cooling, but noise levels were not mentioned, which is where I feel the amd stock cooler turns into a piece of garbage.

Idk Intel coolers were really trash tier. 

Intel 4790 K - R9 295X2 - Gigabyte Z97-SLI - Corsair Vengeance Pro Black 1866 CAL9 - Corsair HX 1000 -Samsung 850 EVO SSD - Samsung HDD - H100I - Corsair C70 - G400 Logitech - Asus VS247H - WASD custom mechanical and QCKPAD! 

Staples of LTT: Getting an 4690 K will resurrect your lost family members, AMD = More heat thus AMD = Satan. 

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